O.W.L Projekt Reviews

It isn't quite Monument Valley but it has a similar feel. Love that I can play it in bite-size chunks and so far all achievements unlock naturally as the game progresses.

Since I had a buck left on my Steam wallet I decided to give this puzzle game I've seen in the Next Fest a shot. After 80 minutes this wasn't really what I was looking for. This 3D isometric puzzle game as advertised above takes heavy inspiration from sliding platform games like Monument Valley and with an ominous track from behind let us go through 50 mazes with some obstacles but nothing challenging enough even for casual players. On the contrary, one of the hurdles to overcome is the camera as it can only be rotated with Q and E and the view of the character is mostly eclipsed on purpose making some sections more annoying to go through as a result. Furthermore, with the sliders I encountered 2 instances where I had to reset a level due to them not doing their job as intended without anything blocking their path (a bug is still a bug on short levels). However, the biggest downside the game has going for it is just how slow it is. Not only is the movement speed of the owl you control is slower than that one driver in the highway with a big queue behind on Sunday mornings, the enigmatic Watchers have to be the slowest and most incompetent stealth enemies I remember seeing in a game. Sleeping guards do not come close to the number of accumulative 5 seconds cycles you have to endure to get past them, sometimes on repeat due to the nature of the game relying on backtracking by the end. In short, there's a sequel announced for the future and while I won't refund this after completing it I do hope some of these gripes could be taken into consideration.